worsen

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de rendre quelque chose pire en qualité, en état ou en intensité, ou de devenir pire.

A verb used to indicate the act of becoming or making something worse in quality, condition, or intensity.

1. Become worseB2formal

   To become more severe, unpleasant, or serious in quality or condition.

   Empirer

   • The patient's condition worsened overnight.
   • The economic situation continues to worsen.
   • As the storm approached, the weather worsened significantly.

   Synonymesdecaydeclinedegeneratedegradedeteriorateregressrelapsesinkslip

   Antonymesamelioratehealimprovemendrecover

2. Make worseB2formal

   To cause something to become more severe, unpleasant, or serious.

   Aggraver

   • The new policy only worsened the housing crisis.
   • His harsh words worsened the argument.
   • Adding salt to the wound worsened the pain.

   Synonymesaggravateamplifycompoundexacerbateheighteninflameintensify

   Antonymesalleviateamelioratebetterimprovemitigate